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McLean, Barbara, 1949-
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McLean, Barbara, 1949-
Women shepherds -- Ontario -- Biography.
Shepherds -- Ontario -- Biography.
Sheep ranchers -- Ontario -- Biography.
Sheep farming -- Ontario.
Sheep -- Ontario.
Farm life -- Ontario -- Biography.
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McLean, Barbara, 1949-
McLean, Barbara, 1949-
Women shepherds -- Ontario -- Biography.
Shepherds -- Ontario -- Biography.
Sheep ranchers -- Ontario -- Biography.
Sheep farming -- Ontario.
Sheep -- Ontario.
Farm life -- Ontario -- Biography.
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Shepherd
's
sight
: a
farming
life
/ Barbara McLean.
by
McLean, Barbara, 1949-
ECW Press, 2024.
Subjects
McLean, Barbara, 1949-
Women shepherds -- Ontario -- Biography.
Shepherds -- Ontario -- Biography.
Sheep ranchers -- Ontario -- Biography.
Sheep
farming
-- Ontario.
Sheep -- Ontario.
Farm
life
-- Ontario -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781770417656 (pbk.)
Description:
229 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"A restorative and resonant memoir of a year in the
life
of an aging
shepherd
. For 50 years, Barbara McLean has tended a flock of Border Leicester sheep on her small Ontario farm, Lambsquarters. In
Shepherd
's
Sight
she shares the crises, pleasures, and challenges of farm
life
over the course of a year. Now in her 70s, McLean faces a new problem: how much longer she can continue with the physically taxing work that is her central source of meaning and satisfaction. Through her unsentimental gaze, we witness the highs and heartbreaks of delivering and rearing lambs, the shearing and spinning of wool, the wildlife in the woods (and occasionally in the house), and the garden produce moving from seed to harvest to table. Even after half a century on this land, McLean is still making fresh observations, and she shares them in evocative, elegant prose. As she moves through the calendar year, she also reflects on years past, offering a long view on climate, stewardship, and agriculture. With its vivid description and absorbing storytelling,
Shepherd
's
Sight
offers an unforgettable glimpse of a
life
lived on the land."--From publisher.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Holds:
2
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